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Seeking to galvanise public support ahead of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav will be commence a yatra from Kanpur on Tuesday. "The 'Samajwadi Vijay Yatra' yatra aims to make people aware about the corrupt, autocratic and suppressive policies of the BJP government and to establish real democracy," the party said in a statement on Monday. Yadav will travel in a Mercedes bus, which has been turned into a 'rath' having posters of Akhilesh Yadav displayed on one side and that of party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav on the other, besides a picture of party leader Mohammad Azam Khan. A day before the yatra, the party released a 17-second video in which Akhilesh Yadav is seen talking to his father Mulayam Singh Yadav and touching his feet to get blessings. BJP leader and UP government spokesperson Sidharth Nath Singh took a swipe at Akhilesh Yadav, saying "the one who dumped the harried people during the corona times is going to the public in his ...